- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- May 5, 1647 CE
- Location:
- Italy
- Magnitude:
- 5.69 Mw
Cross-catalog records
This event is recorded in 2 separate scientific catalogs, each of which may give a different magnitude (the disagreement between catalogs is itself valuable for research):
- EMEC_2021: Mw 5.69
- AHEAD: Mw 5.74
Other earthquake records of 1647 CE
- Chile, Santiago · Ms 8.5 · 1,000 deaths
- Peru · 14 deaths
- Switzerland · Mw 3.9
- Italy · Mw 4.82
- Turkey · Mw 4.37
- Viterbese · Mw 4.82
Source: Lammers, S., Weatherill, G., Grünthal, G. & Cotton, F. (2023): EMEC-2021 — The European-Mediterranean Earthquake Catalogue, Version 2021. GFZ, doi:10.5880/GFZ.EMEC.2021.001 · License: CC BY 4.0 · institutional record ↗
Frequently asked questions
- When did 1647 Italy earthquake (Mw 5.7) (1647 CE) happen?
- May 5, 1647 CE.
- Where does this information come from?
- This record comes from Lammers, S., Weatherill, G., Grünthal, G. & Cotton, F. (2023): EMEC-2021 — The European-Mediterranean Earthquake Catalogue, Version 2021. GFZ, doi:10.5880/GFZ.EMEC.2021.001; it was not hand-authored and is stored together with its source.